Pointless Junior High School information session

My third eldest child will start Junior High School in April. As a result, we both had to attend a "School Information Session" at the Junior High School earlier in the week. For my older two children Covid still loomed so their information sessions were to the point and only on for a short period of time. That was not the case this time. We were there for about two and a half hours. And it really didn't need to be that long. 

At the previous information sessions I attended, current students of the school didn't participate. But this time, several students participated. For example, the members of the student council did a presentation about the role of the student council. Frankly, it was really bad. I feel awful for saying that, because they made an effort. But it really was a colossal waste of time. 

My overall impression of the Junior High School Information session is that it is a waste of time. Apart from a bicycle helmet fitting, everything else was unnecessary. It is a public junior high so its not like the school needs to pitch itself. Furthermore, the vast majority of the, soon to be, new entrants have been at the Junior High School at least twice before as they are invited to the Culture Day and other events at the school. So they are already familiar with the school. Moreover, absolutely everything in the information session is also written in the handbook we were given. 

One of the few good things during the pandemic was the reduction in the number of time wasting meetings. I had hoped that they would take the opportunity to permanently change or, even better, get rid of pointless school events like this one. But unfortunately that has not been the case at my children's Junior High School.